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AstraZeneca · 19 hours ago

Director, Cancer Vaccines Technologies

Waltham, MA

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$173K/yr - $259K/yr

10+ years exp

AstraZeneca is at the forefront of medical innovation, transforming healthcare with energy and drive. The Director, Cancer Vaccines Technologies will lead efforts to develop and deliver a portfolio of new modalities to train the immune system to recognize and eliminate malignant cells, while building strategic relationships and fostering innovation across cross-functional teams.

BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Develop a preclinical pipeline for the design, testing, and delivery of cancer vaccine programs

Implement a strategy to explore multiple vaccine modalities to train immunity to eliminate tumors

Create an approach to evaluate combinatorial modalities to maximize control, clearance, and surveillance

Develop a strategy to drive target discovery and evaluation

Work with cross-disciplinary teams to guide iterative antigen design and preclinical evaluation

Establish strategic relationships across the organization and functions

Build animal models for rapid evaluation of emerging modalities

Support the development of a regulatory strategy to translate programs to clinic

Create and foster effective relationships with senior and executive stakeholders in Research, Bioprocess Development, Clinical and Translational Medicine and Global Project Teams to ensure alignment across functions

Pioneer AI based strategies to accelerate the pace of innovation at all levels of research

Collaborate and guide the evaluation of novel business development opportunities

Communicate results internally and externally, as well as their associated risks, uncertainties and limitations

Define the training standards for junior colleagues in line with best practices and principles

Qualification

PhD in immunologyCancer vaccine developmentImmune profilingTumor modelingNovel methods developmentBudget managementCross-functional teamworkLeadership experienceBusiness analysis skillsConsultancy skillsAnimal modelsPublishing experienceLife sciences experienceGlobal organization experienceCommunication

Required

PhD or equivalent in immunology, oncology, molecular biology, biochemistry or a related discipline with 10+ years industry experience

Proven experience developing novel immunological approaches to deploy immunity to fight tumors

Proven experience with immune profiling, tumor modeling, systems biology, and/or immune oncology

Experience working in a cross-functional team to maximize expertise and accelerate success

Experience developing and implementing novel methods to support vaccine development

Experience supporting or leading interdisciplinary vaccine discovery or development programs

Proven experience leading and managing junior colleagues

Proven experience developing and controlling budgets

Excellent written and verbal communication, business analysis, and consultancy skills

Preferred

PhD or MD degree in immune-oncology

Comfortable working with and leading lab and computational scientists across disciplines

Familiarity with animal tumor models

Proven track record of publishing relevant results and tools in peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and other scientific proceedings

Experience in life sciences and healthcare

Experience in novel methods development and application

Experience in a complex global organization

Benefits

Short-term incentive bonus opportunity

Equity-based long-term incentive program

Retirement contribution

Qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]

Paid vacation and holidays

Paid leaves

Health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage

Company

AstraZeneca

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AstraZeneca is a pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription medicines. It is a sub-organization of Investor.

Founded in 1999

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GBR

10001+ employees

https://www.astrazeneca.com

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